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Christopher Lee ("Col. Bingham") is the retired policeman who recruits the help of renowned pathologist "Sir Mark Ashton" (Peter Cushing) to help out when the trustees of a children's charity start to dying in what, he thinks, are mysterious circumstances. It all starts with a bu…
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**_Lee & Cushing investigate sinister happenings on an isle off the coast of Britain_** Based on John Blackburn’s 1968 novel and shot in the spring of 1972, this obscure flick was released eleven months before the similar “The Wicker Man.” They’re different enough to make both…
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Nothing But the Night
“This nightmare has already killed five people - now it's yours to live!”
62%
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1h 30m
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Nothing But the Night (1973) — AI movie analysis
WatchMind AI generated this AI analysis of Nothing But the Night (1973) — a movie tagged as Crime, Horror, and Mystery with dark, tense, and emotional moods and fast-paced pacing.
Story & themes: When various trustees of the Van Traylen Orphanage begin dying in close order, it's at first written off as a coincidence. But, when a school bus accident very nearly takes out three more of them along with a group of orphans, Col. Bingham and his pathologist friend, Mark, begin looking into the deaths. They come to… Our models also surface themes such as identity, conflict, and relationships from synopsis and genre signals.
Watch context: Best suited for solo focused viewing. Expect fast-paced storytelling (~90 min).
Community signal: TMDb members rate Nothing But the Night 62% (37 votes) — solid community ratings for this movie.
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When various trustees of the Van Traylen Orphanage begin dying in close order, it's at first written off as a coincidence. But, when a school bus accident very nearly takes out three more of them along with a group of orphans, Col. Bingham and his pathologist friend, Mark, begin looking into the deaths. They come to think the answer lies with one of the girls on the bus, who has vivid memories of things she could not possibly have seen.
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- Status
- Released
- Release date
- 1973-02-16
- Runtime
- 1h 30m
- TMDB rating
- 6.2
- TMDB ID
- 29596
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Christopher Lee
Col. Charles Bingham
Peter Cushing
Sir Mark Ashley
Diana Dors
Anna Harb
Georgia Brown
Joan Foster
Keith Barron
Dr. Haynes
Gwyneth Strong
Mary Valley
Fulton Mackay
Cameron
Michael Gambon
Insp. Grant
Duncan Lamont
Dr. Knight
Kathleen Byron
Dr. Rose
John Robinson
Lord Fawnlee
Morris Perry
Dr Yeats
Shelagh Fraser
Mrs Alison
Andrew McCulloch
Malcolm
Paul Humpoletz
Angus
Stanley Lebor
Policeman
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Beatrice Kane
Helen Van Traylen
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Janet Bruce
Naureen Stokes
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Christopher Lee ("Col. Bingham") is the retired policeman who recruits the help of renowned pathologist "Sir Mark Ashton" (Peter Cushing) to help out when the trustees of a children's charity start to dying in what, he thinks, are mysterious circumstances. It all starts with a bus crash that left charred remains when there was no fire, and ends up on a remote Scottish island where perhaps even the children at at risk. There's a great deal of over-acting here - especially from Diana Dors as the mother of one of the children "Mary"; and from a young Gwyneth Strong as that very child. Fulton Mackay is really miscast as the chief constable - a man who seems to hold that rank whilst having only about twenty officers and a few dogs; and Georgia Brown's "Miss Foster" investigative journalist role seemed uncertain as to quite what her point in the story was. It is great to see Cushing and Lee together, but neither are on much form here and the whole thing really does lurch, quite absurdly at times, along for 90 minutes. Pretty mediocre television fayre, this.
**_Lee & Cushing investigate sinister happenings on an isle off the coast of Britain_** Based on John Blackburn’s 1968 novel and shot in the spring of 1972, this obscure flick was released eleven months before the similar “The Wicker Man.” They’re different enough to make both worth checking out, but the latter is clearly the more memorable production. Raven haired Georgia Brown is interesting as the female protagonist while Diana Dors’ character comes across irritatingly rampaging, not to mention one-dimensional. The precocious 12 years-old girl is played by Gwyneth Strong in her first film. It runs 1 hour, 27 minutes, and was shot in the South West Peninsula of England, specifically in Dartmouth (due to architectural similarities of Scotland) and, just to the west, Dartmoor National Park (for the chase sequences). Additional stuff was done in the London area. GRADE: B-
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